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Week two, girls seem to be OK still, although I have little clue as to how big they should be! May 11th (day 9 since planting sprouted seeds into final pots), I think they are doing OK? Pictures are from May 11th. No nutes given although I did add 0.5ml to 1 litre water, in a sprayer, but have restrained myself from using it yet!! Watering has been using bottled spring water which I leave (5ltr bottles) in the grow tent so it's the same temp as air and substrate. I've pretty much let them dry out between watering. Raised light height a little as I have a small amount of curl on the leaf ends. I also made the fan a little less direct. I feel like I know this has to be light or fan related as the girls are not root-bound and all other parameters are fine. I could well be wrong of course, but I'm determined to learn what the girls want by changing the obvious parameters first before worrying about the big stuff. It's a very mild curl anyhow so I believe it'll be heat/light and fan related. Size-wise, the three are between 75 and 90mm tall and span in 95 to 110mm. If anyone has any thoughts I would love to hear/read them! May 12th I was really pleased to see the progress when I checked on them this morning. I have added a picture. The difference between yesterday and today is pretty clear. Things seem to be OK(?) but what do I know; this is my first grow following reading and learning a little. I've been spraying the leaves before lights out. Is this a good thing? I am aiming to LST the girls so, could anyone recommend when? How many nodes, how tall etc... It would really help me feel confident in the training. May 13th. Pretty amazed at how they're doing. Not that I particularly have anything to compare to experience-wise as these are my first grow. They're kinda praying a little so, doing some reading up on here, I have decided to raise the lights to 20" from 18". Maybe I should go higher? I'll see. Anyhow, temps went up over night as I had closed my grow room window so when I checked this morning they were sitting in 28.6C and 41% humidity. Now more stable at 25C and 47%. One thing I had not realised was how mercurial the temp and humidity would be and how quickly it changes so I need to be more mindful of this. I have added .5ml Biobizz Bio-Grow per 1ltr bottled spring water, although I am still using water only at this time, but in the next couple of days (start of week 3) I will start adding low dose nutes and then foliage spraying them just before lights out and see what that brings. I can always back it off I guess. It's all a bit of educated guesswork, currently, whilst I find my feet with this! May 14th. Decided to hold back on the nutes; Biobizz schedule is seemingly for cuttings and not seedlings so I think I've avoided a potential issue there, given that the Biobizz All-mix soilds have enough nutes to carry the seedlings through almost to flowering of the autos. So, I will remain on giving just bottled spring water until day 21, so, another 1.5 weeks. Then I think I'll add grow and bloom together at the suggested rates. I have some foliar spray mixed up with grow at 0.5ml/L which I think I will use for misting just before lights-out. No picture today... but I will post pics tomorrow instead. May 15th, day 13. Pictures uploaded. The girls are getting really broad, but height only 110mm. Should I raise my lights which are at 19" above top of canopy. They're certainly growing and seem healthy! Still watering (every two days, allowing for an almost dry substrate using the finger/knuckle test in the soil. May 16th, day 14. Started LST with bendy pipe cleaners. Honestly, it was nerve-wracking. I placed anchors at the base and did a simple bend to between 55 and 70 degrees across them. Only thing is, some of the canopy/lower leaves are almost touching the substrate so, should I trim them? I couldn't get up to the top to pull down either and had to go lower, as the plants are very young and squat, seemingly, so not a lot of spacing so I did what I could, anchoring under whatever was free in terms of space. Tomorrow - week 3 of veg starts!
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StuG69
StuG69started grow question 4 years ago
Hi! General question about leaf misting. I'm starting to do it before lights out but can it be done under lights too? I know from limited gardening experience that it can be detrimental to leaves but is the same true for our girls when under LEDs? I'm using a Mars Hydro TS1000.
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NEASEMOanswered grow question 4 years ago
Use caution with foliar sprays while the lights are on. The droplets can create a magnifying effect and focus the light to a point on the leaf, burning it. Also, if you're trying to introduce nutrients through the spray, the lights and warmer temps associated with them can cause the spray to evaporate before the leaves can absorb it all. If you do spray with the lights on, do it within an hour of the lights going out. Be aware that spraying will increase RH for a short time as well, so you may have to factor that in.
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1stmanny
1stmannyweek 3
Hi buddy! Looking very healthy 😋 Keep up, you're doing it right.
1stmanny
1stmanny
@StuG69,thank you, i have made the same mistakes too. i will learn on this grow and the next will be better.
StuG69
StuG69
@1stmanny, Hopefully that sorts it then. I must admit I've never tried changing the PH of my water as I'm growing in soil so assume that it buffers it. Out of the tap, or bottle, it's about 6.9 - 7.0 so I just let the water sit for 48 hours then add my feeds and water the girls with it. That said I bought a meter a couple of days ago just out of curiosity so will check it more carefully. As I say, hopefully yours will sort itself out! It's all a learning curve isn't it. At the moment I think I'm under-watering mine but I'm using a soil dampness meter which says that the soil is quite moist about 3" and further down so I'm just being super cautious I guess. My biggest learning experience has been about temps and light placement. I had it too close and kept getting leaf curling on the edges, oh and I had the fans on too high too close too which also didn't help so now the light is 24" above (600mm) and the fans are further away, so for the first time in 2 weeks, I did not see so much leaf curl this morning when I checked them. Oh, that issue and learning LST as I go. 2 plants like it, the 3rd not so much so I think I need to stop now as they are over 3 weeks and most likely about to start flowering. I have pre-flowers at the nodes now. I must update my diary for week as the girls are now 23 days old! Good luck with the PH and all the best!
1stmanny
1stmanny
@StuG69, this is my 1st grow as well, my girls did look good a few days 🤔 i had a feeling that my ph was too high, and I tried, to lower it to 6.3, and now I have a problem🤢, i will water tomorrow and go back to watering them at 6.5-6.8, 🙏hopfully this will fix it !! good luck on your grow, i will be following along.
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54degreesnorth
54degreesnorthweek 8
Still got 2-3 weeks I think :)
StuG69
StuG69
@@54degreesnorth, Well, I should be in the States for two weeks, but this corona shot put paid to that and my flights got cancelled so as I had time off work anyway we decided to take advantage of the easing of lockdown and book an AirBnB place in the Yorkshire Dales instead. Sun would be great although the weather report for next week is kinda meh. Never mind, have plenty of buds to ease the pain, haha. All the best mate. I'm following your grows now, too. :)
54degreesnorth
54degreesnorth
@StuG69, yea I've harvested bits early cus of mold and bug risk, better than getting nothing. Your harvest doesn't look bad. Where you going on holiday too? I'm not planning on any holidays with all this corona shit, would be nice to see some sun though. My plants could do with going on holiday to somewhere sunny too!!! Haha
StuG69
StuG69
@@54degreesnorth, I wish I'd had another week with them but time constraints (read last minute holiday booking by the Wife!) forced my hand and harvest this time around. That said, I posted a pic of the trichomes and there were plenty of the good stuff to make me feel a bit better.
HazeyBobby
HazeyBobbyweek 8
Congrats on getting to such a wonderful harvest - nice work for a first grow 👌 Enjoy the party after curing :)
StuG69
StuG69
@HazeyBobby, Hey, thank you so much! Really appreciate the comment. 😊
54degreesnorth
54degreesnorthweek 8
Looks good!!!
StuG69
StuG69
@@54degreesnorth, Thanks man! Could have been worse, and I guess it's not too bad for a first time grow. My next grow will be photoperiods. I already have 2 18" tall Bubba Kush vegging nicely in the garden ready for when I get back off hols to put them in the tent. Looking forward to diary no2 now! :D
RussianGrower
RussianGrowerweek 4
Greetings from Russia! Your plants look great! Keep developing in the same spirit! If you are interested in following the adventures of weed in Russia, subscribe to my diaries
StuG69
StuG69
@RussianGrower, Hey man! Greetings from the South East of the UK! I hope you're well?? Thank you for the kind words. I'll definitely subscribe to your diaries. Thanks again and all the best! Stug69
Treighfunky
Treighfunkyweek 8
Great job and congratulations on your first grow. Your plant looks fantastic. Enjoy the fruits of your labor. Best of luck with future grows as well. 👍
DrDirvenCom
DrDirvenComweek 1
Before you have bigger/more roots than leaves you should spray your plants with warm water all day (Leaves can eat more than roots in the baby stage). First days that's every 2 hours, then a few times a day, then only water in the pot that contains soil with nutrients. (complete/heavy mix soil is what I use) After that I add only a flower booster, upping the dose every 2 waterings. (pk 52/34)
Johnnyronco
Johnnyroncoweek 4
Looking good, I’m also growing the same strain right now!